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12 November 2017: TRIESTE COMMEMORATES ITS AUSTRO-HUNGARIAN FALLEN

Trieste commemorates its Austro-Hungarian fallen on 12 November

On Sunday, 12 November, at 11AM, in the Austro-Hungarian military cemetery of Prosek-Prosecco, on the Karst plateau of Trieste, takes place the traditional public commemoration of the Fallen and of the Soldiers of Austria-Hungary (army, navy, aviation) of Trieste, of the Littoral and of all brother folks involved in the 1914-18 World War. The ceremony is held in different languages, with Christian (Catholic, Evangelical, Serbian-orthodox, Greek-orthodox), Jewish and Islamic rites.

The commemoration is organized by the Movimento Civiltà Mitteleuropea – Srednjeevropska omika – Civiltât Mitteleuropee – Kulturgemeinschaft Mitteleuropa and by the Movimento Trieste Libera – Gibanje Svobodni Trst – Bewegung Freies Triest – Free Trieste Movement.

The military cemetery is not far from Prosecco, following the Provincial road to S.Croce-Križ, in the dolina in front of the deer park, and it can be reached from Trieste by bus 44.

Update: watch the video HERE.

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